Creating a Background Image for your Twitter Profile

Another cool feature that Twitter offers is the ability for you to modify your Twitter background. For example, it allows you to incorporate your blog or website design into your Twitter background. Here are some design layout dimensions that you can work with to create a Twitter background image:

In Photoshop you want to set your dimensions as follows:

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Popular Social Media sites are hitting the mainstream.  You can’t listen to the radio or watch TV without hearing terms like Twitter, Facebook or Tweeting.  CNN, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen Degeneres and even Oprah are on and talking about them.  A recent episode of “My Boys” centered around the topic of Facebook.  Every character had a different opinion about the relevance of Facebook to his or her life or work.  And that really mirrors life.  In every circle there are people who love social media and there are those who just don’t get it.  There are some who would only use it for socializing while others are fully on board and utilizing it for their business.

As a Social Media Consultant, I spend hours researching and evaluating these sites and associated applications and am definitely of the mindset that every business should be utilizing these tools to create a presence online.

Let’s go over just three of the main reasons why businesses should use social media.

1. Branding

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